This week 24/7 Wall St. is picking several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows we have recently seen. Today, let’s discuss the retail sector.   We are also including two food companies that have suffered along with the rest of the retail sector. Today’...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Family Dollar Stores (FDO) Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) competed on Tuesday in a contest that no company really wants to play: the Expectations Game. Things turned out pretty well for the famous seller of sports stuff (being that I'm no athlete, I ...

Filed under: Wal-Mart (WMT), Columns Welcome to the 99th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions, and just a bit of everything else when it comes to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has had ...

There are an extremely small number of companies which are likely to do relatively well during the recession, either because they are the market share leaders in their industries by a wide margin, or they are in businesses which sell products and services which are a necessary part of everyday life....

The car industry in the US is no longer just under siege. It is irreparably broken. There are no longer circumstances under which costs can be cut enough to make the business viable if vehicles are built in the US and sold through dealers. Domestic car sales by American manufacturers are down 40%. E...

According to Reuters, Honda (HMC) sales in the US fell in January. Reuters reports that the premier of China sees hopeful signs in his economy. Reuters reports that hard times make government jobs more attractive. Reuters reports that online games are moving into Western markets as cheap entertainme...

One of the definitions for insanity is repeating a process and expecting a new result. That's what Circuit City did with its email coupons and web sales. Obviously, every coupon has fine print, but Circuit City's email marketing dropped the ball with its lackluster web "specials" featuring...

The economy may be giving renewable energy companies plenty to fear in the year to come, but not all the forecasts are gloomy. At a time when analysts are predicting shrinking venture capital investment and companies are shelving plans for new factories, some industry insiders are predicting at leas...

Several estimates from retail analysts predict the tens of thousands of retail outlets will close this year. Some put the number as high as 70,000 in the first half of 2009. Wall St. is bracing for a large number of bankruptcies in the sector, some of them public companies. But, the largest fifteen ...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) reported earnings for the third fiscal quarter on Wednesday after the bell, and I have to admit, I'm puzzled that, at the time of this writing, the stock is seeing a bid. It currently is tr...